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    Handbook of Test Security

    High stakes tests are the gatekeepers to many educational and professional goals. As such, the incentive to cheat is high. This Handbook is the first to offer insights from experts within the testing community, psychometricians, and policymakers to identify and develop best practice guidelines for the design of test security systems for a variety of testing genres.

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    Speech Recognition in Adverse Conditions: Explorations in Behaviour and Neuroscience

    Speech recognition in ‘adverse conditions’ has been a familiar area of research in computer science, engineering, and hearing sciences for several decades. In contrast, most psycholinguistic theories of speech recognition are built upon evidence gathered from tasks performed by healthy listeners on carefully recorded speech, in a quiet environment, and under conditions of undivided attention.

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    Now Available in the Psychology Revivals Series

    Psychology Revivals is a new initiative aiming to re-issue a wealth of academic works which have long been unavailable. Encompassing a vast range from across the Behavioural Sciences, Psychology Revivals draws upon a distinguished catalog of imprints and authors associated with Routledge and Psychology Press, restoring to print books by some of the most influential scholars of the last 120 years. 

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    Understanding Cognitive Development: Approaches from Mind and Brain

    The papers in this volume examine the state of the art in key areas of developmental cognitive neuroscience, focusing on theoretically driven research on cognition and its development. The past decade has seen an increasing number of empirical papers on the relationship between brain and cognitive development.

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    Social Psychology and Theories of Consumer Culture: A Political Economy Perspective

    This book presents a critical analysis of the leading positions in social psychology from the perspective of classical and contemporary theories of consumer culture. The analysis seeks to expand social psychological theory by focusing on the interface between modern western culture (consumer culture) and social behavior.

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    New in Paperback - A Handbook of Divorce and Custody

    A Handbook of Divorce and Custody brings together mental health professionals and forensic specialists dedicated to working in the legal arena with families in crisis.Throughout the Handbook, contributors pay special attention to a set of core issues that underlie - and complicate - the evaluations, recommendations, and judicial determinations that enter into the divorce/custody process.

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    New in Paperback - Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

    The aim of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents is to present a comprehensive summary of the most recent empirical findings in this area. Written by eminent researchers and clinicians from Europe and America, the book is divided into three broad sections. The first provides a general overview of anxiety disorders in the young. Part two contains chapters on the seven subtypes of anxiety disorder, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. The final section deals with the progress that has been made in the understanding of such disorders and provides recommendations for future investigation.

18. Developing a Forensic Practice

    Developing a forensic practice can be confusing and intimidating. Dr. William Reid, a highly experienced forensic psychiatrist, has written a practical, straightforward guide for clinicians interested in doing it right and increasing their opportunities for a successful transition to forensic work. This book, which will be of interest to many attorneys as well, provides straightforward details, along with many case examples, of lawyer-expert communications and relationships, case assessment, record review, evaluations, reports, deposition and trial testimony, fees and billing, office operations, marketing, liability, and professional ethics. 

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    Highlights for March from Routledge Architecture

    With so many great titles publishing during March it is impossible to pick out one favorite so we have listed them all below.
    For a full list of new and key backlist titles click here to go to the latest architecture catalog.

    • Architecture Follows Nature-Biomimetic Principles for Innovative Design by Ilaria Mazzoleni
    • Emergence in Landscape Architecture by Rod Barnett
    • This is Not Architecture: Media Constructions edited by Kester Rattenbury
    • Architecture, Print Culture and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France by Richard Wittman (New in Paperback)
    • Biographies & Space edited by Dana Arnold, Joanna Sofaer Derevenski (New in Paperback)
    • Market Towns by Neil Powe, Trevor Hart, Tim Shaw
    • The City Rehearsed: Object, Architecture, and Print in the Worlds of Hans Vredeman de Vries by Christopher Heuer (New in Paperback)
    • Building the State: Architecture, Politics, and State Formation in Postwar Central Europe by Virag Molnar
    • Design Education for a Sustainable Future by Rob Fleming

    
    

20. 

    The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture

    Do you need a guide to the methodologies, concepts, debates, and policies that shape our everyday relationship with advertising?
    
    Look no further than The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture, which provides an essential guide to these key issues!